Football is back! The 107th season of NFL competition kicks off in the Pacific Northwest tonight (Wednesday), starting out on the road to Super Bowl LXI in Los Angeles from the place where the Lombardi Trophy currently resides. The opening slate of games doesn’t have many bigger than the first on the docket, as the New England Patriots travel to …
TreVeyon Henderson has been ruled out of the New England Patriots’ season opener against Seattle tonight (Wednesday) after failing to recover from the ankle injury that has kept him out of practice since late August. The second-year running back did not participate at any stage of New England’s abbreviated preparation for Wednesday night’s game at Lumen Field. His absence removes …
The Seattle Seahawks have signed Leonard Williams to a three-year, $90m contract extension, securing another central member of their Super Bowl-winning roster during a week of considerable organisational change. The agreement reportedly contains $56m guaranteed and ties the defensive lineman to Seattle through the 2029 season. Williams had been preparing to enter the final year of the three-year, $64.5m contract …
The Khosla family’s record purchase of the Seattle Seahawks has been unanimously approved by NFL owners, bringing almost three decades of stewardship by Paul and Jody Allen closer to its conclusion. Approval was granted at a special league meeting in Atlanta on Wednesday, six weeks after the family agreed to acquire the reigning Super Bowl champions from Paul Allen’s estate. …
The Las Vegas Raiders appear to have avoided the worst after Ashton Jeanty was helped from Sunday’s practice unable to place weight on his right leg. Jeanty is believed to have suffered a sprained ankle when he landed awkwardly while diving for a low pass from Kirk Cousins during a team period at the Raiders’ indoor facility in Henderson. Although …
Houston has added Zay Jones and Sterling Shepard to its receiver room following Jayden Higgins’ season-ending knee injury, while Seattle receiver Jake Bobo is facing a lengthy absence after joining the list of players hurt during joint practice. The Texans confirmed the arrivals of Jones and Shepard on Saturday, having brought both veteran receivers in for workouts after Higgins tore …
Trevon Diggs has chosen familiarity over an extended search for work, signing a one-year contract with the Seattle Seahawks as the former All-Pro cornerback attempts to re-establish himself after three injury-disrupted seasons. Seattle confirmed the move on Wednesday and released receiver Julian Hicks to create room on its roster. Diggs had worked out for Detroit and was expected to visit …
The Seattle Seahawks have made Devon Witherspoon the NFL’s highest-paid cornerback, completing another major piece of business around the core that delivered last season’s Super Bowl. Seattle announced on Saturday that it had agreed terms on a four-year extension with Witherspoon, whose existing contract already ran through 2027 after the team exercised his fifth-year option in March. The new agreement …
Ty Simpson and Camden Brown occupied very different places on their respective depth charts entering the weekend, but each emerged from Saturday’s preseason programme with his prospects significantly enhanced. Simpson produced an assured NFL debut for the Los Angeles Rams, completing 21 of 25 passes for 190 yards and two touchdowns in a 20–12 victory over Kansas City. Brown, meanwhile, …
DeMarcus Lawrence has confirmed that the 2026 season will be his last in the NFL, placing a finish line on a career that found its long-awaited championship reward only after he left the Dallas Cowboys. The 34-year-old will retire following his second campaign with the Seattle Seahawks, despite having another year remaining on the contract he signed in March 2025. …
The Seattle Seahawks are rumoured to be signing cornerback Terrion Arnold, despite the former Detroit Lions first-round pick facing eight felony charges arising from the alleged abduction, beating and robbery of three men in Florida. Arnold completed a tryout with Seattle on Monday before reportedly choosing the reigning Super Bowl champions over similar interest from the New York Giants, Houston …
Matt Hasselbeck has subjected himself to two days of brain scans, blood tests and cognitive examinations in an attempt to help researchers solve one of the most difficult problems surrounding chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The former Seattle Seahawks quarterback is not seeking confirmation that he has CTE, and has disclosed no concerning symptoms or test result, but his apparent good health …
The NFL will turn the opening weekend of August into a nationwide preview of the 2026 season as all 32 clubs take part in the sixth annual Training Camp: Back Together Weekend. Taking place across Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd August, the league-wide initiative has grown beyond its original premise of reconnecting teams with their supporters at the beginning of …
For almost three decades, the Seattle Seahawks have been defined as much by stability in the owner’s suite as success on the field, but that era is now drawing to a close. The Estate of Paul G. Allen confirmed on Saturday that it has entered into a formal agreement to sell the reigning Super Bowl champions to an ownership group …
The race to buy the reigning Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks appears to have entered its decisive phase, with two potential ownership groups emerging as the leading contenders for what is expected to become the richest franchise sale in NFL history. According to Front Office Sports, the bidding process has narrowed to two principal groups following the latest round of …
Former San Francisco 49ers star Aldon Smith, one of the most dominant young pass rushers of his generation before a succession of off-field issues curtailed his career, has died at the age of 36. The 49ers announced Smith’s death on Saturday evening but, as yet, no cause of death was disclosed. “We are devastated by the sudden and tragic passing …
The Seattle Seahawks finally received the tangible reward for their Super Bowl LX triumph on Thursday night, with players, coaches and staff presented with championship rings that paid tribute not only to February’s victory over the New England Patriots, but also to the franchise’s history, the city of Seattle and the team’s bond with its supporters. Created in collaboration with …
Days after reports emerged linking the former Super Bowl-winning quarterback with a role on CBS Sports’ NFL coverage, and somewhat overshadowed by the A.J. Brown and Myles Garrett trades, Russell Wilson has formally embraced life in broadcasting while stopping short of announcing his retirement from football. The move follows speculation earlier this week that Wilson was weighing opportunities both on …
The NFL did not feel the need to hide its headline acts when revealing its full 2026 schedule. The new campaign opens, in line with recent rumours, with the defending champion Seattle Seahawks hosting the New England Patriots in a Super Bowl LX rematch, features nine international games and closes, as usual, with a full Week 18 divisional slate designed …
The NFL leaned heavily into established contenders, major media markets and ascending young quarterbacks when deciding its 2026 primetime television allocations, essentially adving viewers who it believes will matter in January. The Los Angeles Rams lead the league with seven spotlight games, tying the NFL record previously shared by the 2025 Kansas City Chiefs and 2023 Buffalo Bills. Just behind …
According to the latest rumours, the NFL appears set to open its 2026 season with an immediate Super Bowl LX rematch between the defending champion Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. In what would be a fairly dramatic pivot from earlier league-wide expectations that Seattle would instead host the resurgent Chicago Bears in Week 1, multiple reports on Wednesday …
The sale of the Seattle Seahawks appears to be moving from speculation to substance, with two more credible buyer groups reportedly preparing bids for the defending Super Bowl champions. According to Sportico, Boston Celtics investor Aditya Mittal and former Celtics lead owner Wyc Grousbeck have submitted a letter of interest to Allen & Company, the investment bank overseeing the sale …
In a first round that began with a quarterback taken first overall and a running back with pick #32, it was not surprising that the offensive side of the ball saw most of their ilk taken on the opening night of the 2026 NFL Draft. All told, there were 18 picks on offense and 14 on defense and, in keeping …
The reigning Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks will become the first defending title-holder ever to feature on HBO’s acclaimed Hard Knocks training camp series when the show returns this summer. HBO and NFL Films confirmed on Tuesday that Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks will premiere on August 11th, airing weekly on Tuesdays through to a September 8th …
